Question

Change the direct narration into indirect narration-
Jyoti said, “I went to India to visit my family.”
a. Jyoti said that she went to India to visit her family.
b. Jyoti said that she had gone to India to visit her family.
c. Jyoti said that she is going to India to visit her family.
d. Jyoti said that she was going to India to visit her family.

Answer 1

Hint: We need to follow certain rules while changing a sentence from direct to indirect speech-
i) We remove the quotation marks in indirect narration.
ii) The tense of the verb is modified into the corresponding past tense.
ii) The pronoun in the direct sentence is altered in the indirect sentence.

Complete answer:
As given in the hint, direct narration can be modified into indirect narration on the basis of the above given rules.
Direct speech refers to the original wordings of a speaker, whereas Indirect speech refers to the report of the original words in the past tense form of the verb.
Now, in the given question: We can see the use of ‘went’ which is in the past simple tense form of the verb. Hence, we will use the past perfect tense form in the indirect narration.

Let’s examine the given options-

a. Jyoti said that she went to India to visit her family- We cannot use the simple past tense form of the verb. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
b. Jyoti said that she had gone to India to visit her family- The formation of the given sentence is accurate, because we have used the past perfect tense form of the verb. Hence, it is the correct option.
c. Jyoti said that she is going to India to visit her family- We cannot use the present continuous tense form of the verb. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
d. Jyoti said that she was going to India to visit her family- We cannot use the past continuous tense form of the verb. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
The correct answer is Option ‘b’.

Note: The reporting verb does not change, if it has been given in the present tense or future tense form.